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Format:

Book

Title:

Giuseppe Verdi, La traviata / libretto by Francesco Maria Piave ; story adaptation by Mary McCarthy ; introduction by Gary Schmidgall ; general editor, Robert Sussman Stewart.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher, Date:

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, [1983]

Description:

xi, 202 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 25 cm.

Summary:

Alfredo falls in love with the beautiful courtesan, Violetta Valery, who is dying from consumption. Violetta is persuaded by Giorgio, Alfredo's father, to sacrifice her happiness with Alfredo for the sake of family honor.

Series:

The Metropolitan Opera classics library

Metropolitan Opera classics library.

Subjects:

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata.

Operas -- Librettos.

Genre:

Librettos.

Other Author:

Schmidgall, Gary, 1945- writer of supplementary material.

McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989, author.

Opera based on (work): Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895. Dame aux camélias (Play)

Container of (work): Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Traviata.

Container of (expression): Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876. Traviata. English.

Other Title:

Traviata.

Notes:

Discography: pages 194-201.

Contents:

by Anthony A. Bliss -- La traviata, the autobiographical Verdi / by Gary Schmidgall -- The music of La traviata / by David Hamilton -- La traviata / by Mary McCarthy -- The lady of the camellias / by Alexandre Dumas -- La traviata / summary by William Weaver ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave with English translation by William Weaver -- La traviata at the Metropolitan Opera --

LCCN:

83013526

ISBN:

0316568422

9780316568425

0316568430

9780316568432

0316568422

Other Number:

9686479

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

702928

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

782.10924 Verdi